
Opening of the award-giving ceremony by Filippo Rean
The MIPIM Awards celebrated their 25th anniversary during MIPIM 2015, the world’s property market, revealing the most ambitious and exciting real estate projects in the world.
The 25th edition of the MIPIM Awards, sponsored by Immobilien Zeitung, took place in the Grand Auditorium of the Palais des Festivals in Cannes on March 12 as part of MIPIM, the International Market for Real Estate Professionals.
In the final of MIPIM Awards, the jury had the difficult task of selecting the 10 winners, as well as the Special Jury Award and the People’s Choice Award, among the 40 projects nominated.
The real estate most prestigious Awards
Each year, the most innovative, ambitious and exciting real estate projects compete to win the prestigious MIPIM Awards, given in the Palais des Festivals Grand Auditorium, precisely where is announced the Festival de Cannes Palme d’Or. 2015 featured an impressive mix of projects from a record number of 22 countries -16 in 2014, competing in ten categories. Among them, Canada, Australia, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Indonesia and Senegal had a chance to win an Award for the first time. France and the United Kingdom were each presenting four projects while Asia (China, Japan, Indonesia and Hong Kong) presented eight and the Scandinavian countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden) had seven.

MIPIM Awards Jury
The MIPIM Awards Jury
Barbara Knoflach, Chief Executive Officer, SEB Asset Management AG (Germany) was chairing the MIPIM Awards Jury for the first time, composed of the following major real estate personalities:
Elzbieta Bienkowska, European Commissioner for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, European Commission (Poland)
; Louise Brooke Smith, President, RICS (UK)
; Madeleine Cosgrave, Senior Vice President, Real Estate, GIC Real Estate (UK)
; Serge Fautré, Chief Executive Officer, AG Real Estate (Belgium)
; Paolo Gencarelli, Head of Group Real Estate, UniCredit Group (Italy)
; Frank Khoo, Global Head of Asia, AXA Real Estate (Singapore);
Kengo Kuma, Founder & Architect, Kengo Kuma & Associates (Japan)
; Sergey Kuznetsov, Chief Architect, City of Moscow (Russia)
; Dominique Perrault, Founder & Architect, Dominique Perrault Architecture (France);
Olle Zetterberg, Chief Executive Officer, Stockholm Business Region (Sweden).
The list of MIPIM Award-winners

Center Parcs Woburn Forest
Best Hotel & Tourism Resort
Center Parcs Woburn Forest
Bedfordshire, United Kingdom
Architect: Holder Mathias
Developer: Center Parcs
Other: WTI, Schletterer, Edmond Shipway, PBA

Würth Svenska AB
Best Industrial & Logistics Development
Würth Svenska AB
Örebro, Sweden
Architect: White
Developer: Würth Svenska AB

One Central Park
Best Innovative Green Building
One Central Park
Sydney, Australia
Architect: Ateliers Jean Nouvel
Developer: Frasers Property Australia, Sekisui House Australia
Other: PTW Architects

Selcuk Ecza HQ
Best Office & Business Development
Selcuk Ecza HQ
Istanbul, Turkey
Architect: Tabanlioglu, Melkan Gürsel & Murat Tabanlioglu
Developer: Selcuk Ecza Holding

Dreischeibenhaus
Best Refurbished Building
Dreischeibenhaus
Dusseldorf, Germany
Investor/Developer: MOMENI Group
Developer: MOMENI Projektentwicklung GmbH
Architect: HPP Hentrich – Petschnigg & Partner GmbH + Co. KG
Other: Black Horse Investments GmbH (Joint-Venture Partner)

Krøyers Plads I
Best Residential Development
Krøyers Plads I
Copenhagen, Denmark
Architect: Vilhelm Lauritzen Architects & COBE Architects
Developer: NCC Bolig A/S

Markthal Rotterdam
Best Shopping Centre
Markthal Rotterdam
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Architect: MVRDV
Developer: Provast
Other: Corio (investor market floor), Vesteda (residential investor), Amo Coenen and Iris Roskam (artists art piece)

Boulevard Euromediterranée Marseille
Best Urban Regeneration Project
Boulevard Euromediterranée – Marseille’s new waterfront
Marseille, France
Architect: Ateliers Lion – Ilex – Kern et Associés
Developer: EPA Euromediterranée

Cité Musicale départemantale Ile Seguin
Best Futura Project
Cité musicale départementale de l’Ile Seguin
Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Architect: Shigeru Ban Architects Europe – Agence Jean de Gastines Architectes
Developer: Bouygues Bâtiment Ile-de-France
Other: OFI InfraVia – Sodexo – TF1

New North Zealand Hospital
Best Futura Mega Project
New North Zealand Hospital
Hilleroed, Denmark
Architect: Herzog & de Meuron + Vilhelm Lauritzen Architects
Developer: The Project Organization “New North Zealand Hospital”
Client: Capital Region of Denmark

Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
Special Jury Award
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
London, United Kingdom
Architect: Erect Architects with LUC landscape architect, James Corner Field Operations with Make Architects
Developer: London Legacy Development Corporation
Other: MACE, LDA Design with Hargreaves Associates, Atkins and Arup, Buro Four, BAM Nuttall, Balfour Beatty, Lagan, H. And J. Martin, ISG, Skanska, and Buckingham

Oxygen Eco-tower
People’s Choice Award
The People’s Choice Award was awarded to the project that attracted the most votes from MIPIM delegates but also online via the MIPIM site and its official Facebook page.
Oxygen Eco-tower
Jakarta, Indonesia
Architect: Progetto CMR Engineering Integrated Services S.r.l.
Developer/Client: Bimantra Citra
Other: Tecnimont Civil Construction & Permasteelisa Group (project management), Cimolai (construction company), Peia Associati (support interior design concept)
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